voluntary; optional; free; elective
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
unique; peculiar; singular
longed-for; anxiously awaited
in that manner; like that
to look down on; to make light of
to be touching; to be moving
shabby; unsightly; unkempt
faultless; flawless; perfect; impeccable; unimpeachable; beyond reproach
gelatinous glue (usu. from animal and fish bones, hide, etc.)
sitting cross-legged; sitting in the lotus position
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to lean against; to set against
solution; solution strategy
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to hang (something) on the wall
quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
enemy territory; hostile place
heart sound; cardiac sound
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange